Counter-terrorism officers destroy suspected Al-Shabaab makeshift camp at Kenya-Somali border
Kenya’s counter-terrorism forces have dismantled suspected Al-Shabaab militants’ makeshift camps near the Kenya-Somalia border. The operation, led by the elite Multi-Agency security team, took place on Saturday, November 30, 2024. In a statement shared by Counter Terrorism Policing SOG, the makeshift camps were reportedly being used as temporary logistics hubs by the militants. “The elite […]
Counter-terrorism officers thwart Al-Shabaab militants in Boni Forest
Kenya’s counter-terrorism forces have disrupted an attempted infiltration by Al-Shabaab militants in the dense Boni Forest near the Somalia border. The operation was carried out by the elite Multi-Agency security team on Sunday, September 29, 2024, at night. In a statement shared by Counter Terrorism Policing on Monday, September 30, 2024, the militants were caught […]
2 Al-Shabaab terrorists blown up in pieces while planting bomb on road in Garissa
Two Al-Shabaab terrorists were blown up in pieces when a bomb they were setting up exploded on them in the Amuma area of Garissa county. Police said border patrol officers from a nearby police camp visited the scene along Amuma-Ruqa Road and confirmed the early Tuesday morning October 3, 2023, incident. Police added that multiple […]
2 terror suspects from Tanzania arrested in Kenya while heading to Somalia
Detectives in Kenya have arrested two terror suspects who were travelling from Tanzania to Somalia to join the al-Shabaab militia group. The two, 30-year-old Sadam Jafari Kitia and 25-year-old Abdirahman Shaffi Mkwatili, were arrested in Moyale after they lost their way to Somalia. “They were using a notebook scribbled in Swahili to guide their movement […]
‘Wathubutu tena!’ – IG Koome warns al-Shabaab as he visits Lamu
The Inspector General of Police Japheth Koome held a security meeting in Lamu on Friday, June 30, 2023, to assure residents of maximum security following the recent al-Shabaab attacks. Koome assured the residents of Lamu that no one “is going to chase them away from their homes”. Speaking during a public gathering meeting at Juhudi […]
Gov’t intelligence is being leaked to Al-Shabaab – Analyst
Political analyst and columnist Arnol Maliba insists it is high time Kenyans start asking questions about who is sharing intelligence with the Al-Shabaab terrorist. Speaking at a local television station, Maliba claimed that the numerous and frequent attacks that are mostly happening to army and police officers, especially on the road, were a result of […]
Al-Shabaab killed 54 Ugandan soldiers in Somalia, says Museveni
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has announced the deaths of 54 Ugandan soldiers in an al-Shabaab attack on a base housing African Union peacekeepers in Somalia. Museveni’s statement on Saturday comes a week after al-Shabaab fighters stormed the base in Bulamarer, 130 kilometres (80 miles) southwest of the Somali capital, Mogadishu. The armed group claimed it […]